ECE Diploma Ceremony Honors Graduating Class

On May 20, ECE awarded 22 doctor of philosophy, 108 master of science, and 177 bachelor of science degrees. Of the graduates, 21 simultaneously completed both the MS and BS degrees. Among the BS candidates, 78 graduated with university honors (a Q.P.A. of 3.5 or better) and 27 with college honors, completing an intensive senior honors research project.

ECE Department Head Ed Schlesinger led the ceremony, which included the presentation of eight awards. The name of each award, the criteria for winning and the recipients follow:

Award

Criteria

Recipient

E.M. Williams Award

To an ECE senior in recognition of superior scholastic achievement and community service.

Faustinus Gozali

Frank J. Marshall Scholar Award

To an ECE senior in recognition of outstanding scholastic and research achievement.

Michael Kasick

Frank J. Marshall Outstanding Undergraduate Award

To a senior who has demonstrated a balance of academics, leadership and service to the community.

Lauren Chikofsky

David Tuma Laboratory Project Award

To the student team creating the most outstanding undergraduate laboratory project.

Gary Garvin, William Jenkinson and Steven Nielsen

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award

To an ECE teaching assistant for extraordinary performance in our teaching program.

Umit Ogras

A.G. Jordan Award

To a graduating ECE doctoral student who has combined outstanding Ph.D. thesis work with exceptional service to the ECE or Carnegie Mellon community.

Kim Yaw Tong

A.G. Milnes Award

To a graduating ECE doctoral student for Ph.D. thesis work judged to be of the highest quality, which has had or is likely to have significant impact in his or her field.